A faint pattern of cherry blossom petals decorates window screens and furniture inside this tea house in Japan by Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects. More about Hiroyuki Ogawa patterns Japanese tea house with subtle cherry blossom motif
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More about Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners 2014
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a designer at Bompas & Parr, whose projects have included a jelly mould of Buckingham Palace (pictured) and a musical spoon you listen to through your mouth. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Designer Ivor Williams has created a clock that displays your heartbeat instead of the time (+ interview + movie). More about Uji wall clock moves its hands in time with your heartbeat
Red, blue and green lights moving across a faceted triangular structure created multicoloured shadows in this installation by Australian lighting specialist Flynn Talbot (+ movie). More about RGB lighting installation by Flynn Talbot casts multicoloured shadows
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: computer scientist Hiroshi Ishii claims MIT Media Lab's Transform project consisting of thousands of physical, motorised "pixels" should be considered a completely new creative medium. More about MIT Media Lab's shape-shifting table top is "equivalent to the invention of painting"
News: construction has started in Mumbai, India, on a pair of 38-storey towers with overlapping bases that make reference to the knotted structures of mangrove stalks, according to Danish firm 3XN. More about 3XN breaks ground on Mumbai skyscrapers modelled on Indian plantlife
Milan 2014: collaborative exhibition Low Motion showcased products amongst ambient lighting and sounds to provide a "safe haven" amid the chaos of Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Dutch designers collaborate for Low Motion exhibition
A terrace offering impressive views across the South Pacific is encased within the exposed structural ribs of this cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ movie). More about Cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez faces out across the ocean
Milan 2014: Italian manufacturer Zanotta has launched two lightweight and versatile tables by Amsterdam designer Frank Rettenbacher (+ slideshow). More about Zanotta launches "shelves on legs" by Frank Rettenbacher
Spanish architects Amparo and Andres Martinez Vidal paired bulky concrete with delicately folded steel to create this mausoleum in Murcia (+ slideshow). More about Concrete and steel mausoleum for an engineer completed at Spanish cemetery
American design firm Sagmeister & Walsh has created a new brand identity for New York's Jewish Museum based on traditional shapes used in Judaic symbolism (+ movies). More about Sagmeister & Walsh uses "sacred geometry" to rebrand New York's Jewish Museum
News: a man has been arrested in Japan for possessing 3D-printed handguns, after five devices were found during a police raid on his house. More about Man arrested for owning 3D-printed gun
Opinion: a digitally-driven revival of interest in sewing proves that people want to create, but the 3D-printing movement is failing to cater to a market that wants something practical and beautiful, says Alexandra Lange. More about "3D printers have a lot to learn from the sewing machine"
News: a court ruling has paved the way for demolition of the Foster + Partners-designed Harmon Hotel in Las Vegas – a half-finished building that never opened. More about Court approves demolition of Foster's ill-fated Las Vegas hotel
This week's Dezeen Mail newsletter includes a massive water slide on a street in an English city, a pen for doodling in 3D and a proposed solution to Hong Kong's housing crisis, plus the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Milan Expo 2015: a team led by artist Wolfgang Buttress has reportedly beaten a shortlist of prominent architects to design the UK pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan, with plans for a "pulsating" beehive structure. More about Wolfgang Buttress to design UK Milan Expo pavilion
Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a leather bag for fashion house Fendi, part of a collection of creations by famous UK-based women to be auctioned for charity. More about Zaha Hadid designs layered handbag for Fendi
News: Dutch firm MVRDV has become the latest architect to design a penthouse apartment featuring a car elevator, offering residents the ultimate luxury: the ability to drive straight into their home. More about MVRDV-designed penthouse will feature a private elevator for cars
Milan 2014: German designer Laura Jungmann has collaborated with glassmaker Cornelius Réer to reform mass-produced glass items into sculptural vessels. More about Laura Jungmann and Cornelius Réer "upcycle" glassware into new objects